Joe Satriani discography
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This is the discography of Joe Satriani, an American multi-instrumentalist known primarily for his work as an instrumental rock guitarist, with multiple Grammy Award nominations. This discography includes all of his albums, including collaborations with Chickenfoot, Blue Öyster Cult, Stuart Hamm, Alice Cooper, and Spinal Tap, as well as early Squares material and G3 projects (see the collaborations section for more details).
Since his self-titled debut EP in 1984, Satriani has released five live albums, five compilations, four extended plays, and eighteen studio albums, three of which have received Gold certification in the United States, while Surfing with the Alien went Platinum.
Studio albums
| class="wikitable" |
| rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Album details ! colspan="9" | Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" | Sales ! rowspan="2" | Certifications |
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style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | US
! style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | US ! style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | AUS
! style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | FRA
! style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | GER ! style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | NZ ! style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | SWE
! style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | SWI ! style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | UK
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| 1986
| style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | | |
1987
| style="text-align:center;"| 29 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 10 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 16 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | |
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1989
| style="text-align:center;"| 23 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 21 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 7 | style="text-align:center;"| 34 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — |
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1992
| style="text-align:center;"| 22 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 29 | style="text-align:center;"| 13 | style="text-align:center;"| 55 | style="text-align:center;"| 16 | style="text-align:center;"| 35 | style="text-align:center;"| 11 | style="text-align:center;"| 13 |
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1993
| style="text-align:center;"| 95 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 85 | style="text-align:center;"| 8 | style="text-align:center;"| 87 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 32 |
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1995
| style="text-align:center;"| 51 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 72 | style="text-align:center;"| 10 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 27 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 36 | style="text-align:center;"| 21 | | |
1998
| style="text-align:center;"| 50 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 10 | style="text-align:center;"| 73 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 40 | style="text-align:center;"| 32 |
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2000
| style="text-align:center;"| 90 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 37 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 86 | style="text-align:center;"| 78 |
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2002
| style="text-align:center;"| 80 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 45 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 83 | style="text-align:center;"| 86 | | |
2004
| style="text-align:center;"| 80 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 45 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 83 | style="text-align:center;"| 86 | | |
2006
| style="text-align:center;"| 86 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 86 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 83 | style="text-align:center;"| 107 |
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| 2008
| Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock
| style="text-align:center;"| 89 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 64 | style="text-align:center;"| 57 | style="text-align:center;"| 92 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 67 | style="text-align:center;"| 75 |
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| 2010
| Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards
| style="text-align:center;"| 45 | style="text-align:center;"| 5 | style="text-align:center;"| 84 | style="text-align:center;"| 39 | style="text-align:center;"| 85 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 34 | style="text-align:center;"| 62 |
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2013
| style="text-align:center;"| 42 | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 81 | style="text-align:center;"| 77 | style="text-align:center;"| 67 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 54 | style="text-align:center;"| 32 | style="text-align:center;"| 44 |
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2015
| style="text-align:center;"| 46 | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | style="text-align:center;"| 23 | style="text-align:center;"| 32 | style="text-align:center;"| 40 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 13 | style="text-align:center;"| 22 |
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2018
| style="text-align:center;"| 42 | style="text-align:center;"| 2 | style="text-align:center;"| 20 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 51 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 9 | style="text-align:center;"| 40 | | |
2020
| style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 28 | style="text-align:center;"| 101 | style="text-align:center;"| 61 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 6 | style="text-align:center;"| 70 | | |
2022
| style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 22 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 5 | style="text-align:center;"| 57 | | |
| colspan="15" style="text-align:center; font-size:80%;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Extended plays
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| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| EP details ! colspan="3"| Peak positions ! rowspan="2"| Certifications |
|---|
| style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| US ! style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| SWE ! style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| UK |
1984
| style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | |
1988
| style="text-align:center;"| 42 | style="text-align:center;"| 55 | style="text-align:center;"| 100 | |
2000
| style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | |
| 2016
| Supernova Remix – The Free EP | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | |
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center; font-size:80%;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Compilations
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| rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Album details ! colspan="1" | Peak |
|---|
| style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| GER |
1993
| style="text-align:center;"| 53 |
| 2003
| The Electric Joe Satriani: An Anthology
| style="text-align:center;"| — |
| 2005
| One Big Rush: The Genius of Joe Satriani
| style="text-align:center;"| — |
| 2008
| Joe Satriani Original Album Classics
| style="text-align:center;"| — |
| 2010
|The Essential Joe Satriani
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| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; font-size:80%;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Live/video albums
| class="wikitable" |
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Album details ! colspan="5"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Certifications |
|---|
| style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| US (Video)
! style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| AUS
! style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| FRA ! style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| SWE ! style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| SWI |
1993
| style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | |
2001
| style="text-align:center;"| 10 | style="text-align:center;"| 9 | style="text-align:center;"| 69 | style="text-align:center;"| 13 | style="text-align:center;"| — |
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2006
| style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — |
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| 2010
| Live in Paris: I Just Wanna Rock
| style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 29 | style="text-align:center;"| 197 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | |
| 2012
| Satchurated: Live in Montreal
| style="text-align:center;"| 3 | style="text-align:center;"| 15 | style="text-align:center;"| 198 | style="text-align:center;"| 7 | style="text-align:center;"| 6 | |
| colspan="9" style="text-align:center; font-size:80%;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Projects and collaborations
{{see also|Chickenfoot#Discography|l1=Chickenfoot discography}}
In 1986, Satriani teamed up with Crowded House to record their eponymous studio album, Crowded House. The same year, he also recorded Love and Rock and Roll with The Greg Kihn Band. A year later, the guitarist played on Danny Gottlieb's Aquamarine. He also produced The Eyes of Horror by Possessed. In 1988, Satriani contributed to Radio Free Albemuth by Stuart Hamm and Imaginos by Blue Öyster Cult. For the last release, Satriani worked as the record's producer. In 1991, he played guitar parts on the Alice Cooper album Hey Stoopid. The next year, he worked with Brian May on Back to the Light as well as Break Like the Wind by Spinal Tap. In 1997, he worked with Pat Martino on the album All Sides Now and King Biscuit Flower Hour by the Greg Kihn Band.
Also in 1997, Satriani recorded the album Merry Axemas Volume 1 with Steve Vai, Alex Lifeson, and Joe Perry. In 2003, he worked on The Yardbirds album Birdland. A year later, he was a guest on Jordan Rudess' release, entitled Rhythm of Time. In 2006, the guitarist played on Gillan's Inn by Ian Gillan as well as Transformations Live for the People by Particle. The following year saw Satriani playing on The Devil Knows My Name by John 5 and Guitar Masters, Vol. 1 by Stanley Clarke. In 2008, Satriani added guitar parts to YouTube Live by Funtwo, Jason Becker's Collection, as well as Clean by Dave Martone. In 2010, he worked on Bingo! by the Steve Miller Band and What Lies Beneath by Tarja, followed in 2013 by Steve Hunter's The Manhattan Blues Project.
In 2017, Satriani contributed to the tracks "The Healer", "North Bound", "Horsepower", and "Hometown" on the Marco Minnemann album Borrego.
In 2019, he released the album Squares, a collection of tracks recorded by the band Squares, which he formed with his brother-in-law Neil Sheehan in the late 1970s.{{cite web|title=Joe Satriani Revisits His Band Squares, Shares Unhinged 'I Love How You Love Me' Cover: Premiere |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8498853/joe-satriani-squares-interview |website=billboard.com |date=February 19, 2019 |access-date=May 8, 2021}}
Satriani has taken part in all releases by the supergroup Chickenfoot. Their debut studio album, Chickenfoot, sold 560,000 copies in the United States and more than 40,000 in Canada, where the record was also certified Gold. The band's second studio album, Chickenfoot III, sold 35,000 copies in the United States.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}
In 2020, Satriani played a guitar solo on the track "Get Out! Now!" from Dutch metal opera project Ayreon's tenth album, Transitus.{{cite web |last1=Munro |first1=Scott |title=Ayreon release two brand new tracks from double album Transitus |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/ayreon-release-two-brand-new-tracks-from-double-album-transitus |website=Prog |publisher=Team Rock |accessdate=October 4, 2020 |date=July 16, 2020}} Also in 2020, Satriani was featured on the Cory Wong song "Massive" from Wong's release The Striped Album.{{Cite news|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/news/cory-wong-enlists-joe-satriani-for-massive-the-shreddiest-funk-jam-youve-ever-heard|title=Cory Wong enlists Joe Satriani for Massive, the shreddiest funk jam you've ever heard|last=Astley-Brown|first=Michael|date=October 20, 2020|publisher=Guitar World|accessdate=May 15, 2021}}
In 2021, Satriani was featured on two Kitt Wakeley singles, "Conflicted" and "Forgive Me". Both are from Wakeley's album Symphony of Sinners & Saints.{{Cite news|url=https://americansongwriter.com/kitt-wakeley-weighs-good-vs-bad-on-symphony-of-sinners-and-saints-shares-joe-satriani-featured-forgive-me/|title=Kitt Wakeley Weighs Good vs. Bad on 'Symphony of Sinners and Saints,' Shares Joe Satriani Featured "Forgive Me"|last=Benitez-Eves|first=Tina|date=May 14, 2021|publisher=American Songwriter|accessdate=May 15, 2021}}
=G3 projects=
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| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Release details ! colspan="8"| Peak positions ! rowspan="2"| Sales ! rowspan="2"| Certifications |
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| style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | US (Album) {{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/g3-live-in-concert-mw0000024075/awards|title=G3: Live in Concert|publisher=Rovi Corporation|work=AllMusic Network|accessdate=July 19, 2016}} ! style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | FIN ! style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | FRA
! style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | GER ! style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | ITA ! style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | NED ! style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | SWE ! style="width:3em;font-size:85%" | UK |
1997
| style="text-align:center;"| 108 | style="text-align:center;"| 35 | style="text-align:center;"| 20 | style="text-align:center;"| 92 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 52 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 82 |
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| 2003
| G3: Rockin' in the Free World
| style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 156 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 58 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 2 | style="text-align:center;"| — |
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2005
| style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 6 | style="text-align:center;"| — |
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| colspan="12" style="text-align:center; font-size:80%;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
=Chickenfoot=
==Studio albums==
==Live albums==
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! Album details |
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| scope="row"| LV
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==Compilations==
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| Title
! Album details |
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| scope="row"| Best + Live
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==Singles==
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| Year
! Single ! style="width:40px;"| US ! Album |
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| rowspan="3"| 2009
| style="text-align:left;"| "Oh Yeah" | 21 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="5"| Chickenfoot |
| style="text-align:left;"| "Soap on a Rope"
| — |
| style="text-align:left;"| "Sexy Little Thing"
| 40 |
| rowspan="2"| 2010
| style="text-align:left;"| "Get It Up" | — |
| style="text-align:left;"| "My Kinda Girl"
| — |
| rowspan="2"| 2011
| style="text-align:left;"| "Big Foot" | 32 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| Chickenfoot III |
| style="text-align:left;"| "Three and a Half Letters"
| — |
| style="text-align:left;"| 2012
| style="text-align:left;"| "Different Devil" | — |
| style="text-align:left;"| 2013
| style="text-align:left;"| "Something Going Wrong" | — | style="text-align:left;"| LV |
| style="text-align:left;"| 2017
| style="text-align:left;"| "Divine Termination" | — | style="text-align:left;"| Best + Live |
| colspan="5" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Notes
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References
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